snorter n.3
1. a drink of alcohol.
![]() | ‘The Griffin’ in Vernède British Life in India (1995) 7: Early morning tea and toast, or early evening ‘snorters’. | |
![]() | Capt. Bulldog Drummond 177: I said I’d meet him that evening for a snorter. | |
![]() | Big Smoke 49: God lumme! Where’s Halley? Could I do a snorter! | |
![]() | State We’re In 48: [T]hree beers, a cider, four glasses of red wine, three of white [...] a snorter of brandy and a half-bottle of Drambuie. |
2. a drunkard.
![]() | Cowboy Songs 304: He’s a snorter and a snoozer. | |
![]() | Hot Gold I ii: (She follows Bell, one bottle under her arm.) don: Well, if she’s not a snorter! |